Peglin Reviews

It really feels like the map layouts aren't designed to be fun, more to draw silly little pictures with the pegs. The items don't feel balanced at all. I thought I would like this game, but as a rogue-like it doesn't really live up to the genre, and as a pachinko game it feels lackluster. Maybe when on sale.

I wish I could recommend Peglin, but I can't. After a few runs, and delving in to Cruciball the design flaws show. Much of the difficulty at high levels come from orb, relic, and refresh position rng. RNG in this genre is good, but not if it overwhelms skill and fun.

The game is very fun.... in the beginning... that's where it ends. The enemies are way too overtuned to where you basically have to have a perfect run at higher cruciball levels to even have a chance. The physics are janky so when you even do get a near perfect run, which doesn't happen often you will greatly struggle. I think someone else posted a review that said "It's fun, then it's not." Thats the best way I can describe it as well.

Positives: A pillar of the modern rogue-like genre. Frequent updates that seem to come out every other month to keep the game fresh. Countless builds to create during runs to beat the game in unique and wacky ways. References to YouTubers and other games, especially its inspiration of Popcap's game Peggle. Peglin puns. The game is constantly being re-balanced with each update, making the game feel more fair and enjoyable. Negatives: This might be a #skillissue but, the game can feel like 60-75% skill and strategy at times, with 40-25% RNG (random number generator), especially on higher difficulty levels. Loses can feel unavoidable at times. Navigation can feel really bad when the ball you shoot goes down the wrong path, but I think that's just the spirit of this game, so it's mostly fine. Play at your own risk. Don't take it too seriously. I'm sure you're going to enjoy this game! Cheers!

so easy to get lost in the flow of a run, definitely a comfort game in an awesome genre for me. awesome soundtrack, gameplay, and especially goofy encounters. cant recommend enough! 10/10

Would give it a neutral rating. Love the idea of the game but it has the bare minimum amount of content. Needs content updates badly. Late game content pigeonholes you into very specific builds and makes most options useless.

This game is great in every aspect that it plays into. There's plenty of builds one can achieve by combining your orbs with your relics, with an apparent learning curve on how you should use each orb and which pegs to target. The game gives you freedom to build your perfect "deck", allowing you to add or skip relics and to add, skip, or remove orbs. The game feels fun, and the overall design plays well into the style of game it is. There's also some QOL features like the speed-up that add to the overall experience. As a roguelike, it should have more features to help the player, and after a certain point, you just start to see the same enemies and events over and over again, becoming a bit repetitive.

The balance is really bad Gimmick orbs should lean into their gimmick, not just be a slightly modified basic orb

Congratulations on sucking all the fun out of this game with recent updates. Playing has become a chore, so I'm moving on to things that are actually enjoyable

They changed the way the ball bounced in the last update now the game plays weird, its hard to explain like you could bank shots before the update now when you try to bounce off corners to arc shots the peg gets activated but doesnt change your trajectory. I don't like the way it plays now. Shame this game was really fun.